The Government Director of Personnel ( no, Statens personaldirektør) is a Norwegian position in the civil service. The director leads the Department of Employer Policy within the

Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs (FAD) ( no, Fornyings-, administrasjons- og kirkedepartementet) was a Norwegian ministry. It was established as the Ministry of Government Administration and Ref ...

. According to the Public Service Disputes Act, the sitting director is also a member of the

National Wages Board The National Wages Board ( no, Rikslønnsnemnda) is a Norwegian body for resolving labour disputes. Its task is to perform a compulsory arbitration ( no, tvungen lønnsnemnd) when negotiations of parties in Norwegian working life (employers and emp ...

. The Department of Employer Policy was formerly organized as a

directorate Directorate may refer to: Contemporary *Directorates of the Scottish Government * Directorate-General, a type of specialised administrative body in the European Union * Directorate-General for External Security, the French external intelligence ag ...

, the State Directorate of Personnel ( no, Statens personaldirektorat).

List of Government Directors of Personnel

*As directors of the State Directorate of Personnel: **1945–1948 : Henrik Lundh **1948–1974 :

Bjarne Døhlen Bjarne Døhlen (1904 – 1989) was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant. He graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1927, and worked as a deputy judge in Sør-Gudbrandsdal from 1928 to 1930. In 1930 he worked briefly as a junior solicitor before b ...

**1974–1990 :

Nils Mugaas Nils Rustung Mugaas (1921–1992) was a Norwegian trade unionist and civil servant. He chaired Statstjenestemannskartellet from 1969 to 1974 and Statens Personaldirektorat from 1974 to 1990. Statens Personaldirektorat was abolished after 1990 ...

*As leaders of the Department of Employer Policy: **1990–1995 :

Aud Blankholm Aud Blankholm (born 1 November 1947) is a Norwegian nurse and administrator. She was born in Ørsta is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Distric ...

**1995–2003 : Per Engebretsen ***2002 : Finn Melbø, while Engebretsen was acting director of

Aetat Aetat (short for no, Arbeidsmarkedsetaten) was a Norway, Norwegian etat, government agency responsible for battling unemployment. History It had its roots in the Directorate of Labour ( no, Arbeidsdirektoratet), which was founded in 1945. Its pu ...

**2003–2004 : Per Kristian Knutsen (''acting'') **2004–2008 :

Jørn Skille Jørn Skille (11 December 1942 – 29 June 2008) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in Oslo, and took a military education. He was an officer in the Royal Norwegian Air Force from 1962 to 1976 and worked in the Ministry of Defence from ...

**2008–2012 :

Siri Røine Siri Røine (born 1957) is a Norwegian civil servant. She was born in Oslo, and took education as a dental hygienist and jurist. She has worked as assisting head negotiator in the trade union, Norwegian Nurses' Union. Later, she worked in the Nor ...

**2012–2015 : Merethe Foss Liverud **2015– : Gisle NorheimGisle Norheim ny personaldirektør
(in Norwegian), Regjeringen.no (2015) Accessed 8 April 2017.

References

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